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Micro-evaporator

a micro-evaporator and evaporator technology, applied in the field of micro-evaporators, can solve the problems of evaporators that are not compact, low power density, and can cause vapor bursts or vapor bubbles, etc., and achieve the effect of simplifying production, contributing to compact design, and simplifying production of micro-evaporators

Active Publication Date: 2012-05-01
IMM INST FUR MIKROTECHNIK GMBH
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[0013]By arranging the micro-evaporator channels in a trapezoidal area, the inlets of the micro-channels lie directly next to each other. The width of segments separating the micro-evaporator channels can become 0 at the inlet area of the trapezoidal area. The liquid in the feed chamber is therefore discharged very quickly which effectively prevents premature evaporation in the feed chamber.
[0034]The residual wall thickness of the evaporator plate is preferably <1 mm. The advantage is that there is a good transfer of heat between the heating medium and the liquid to be evaporated.

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Such evaporators are not compact and, when they are operated with heating gas, they have low power densities.
The disadvantage of this micro-evaporator is that the vapor bursts or vapor bubbles can arise if the optimum temperature range is not adjusted.
Such micro-evaporators therefore malfunction easily and cannot be flexibly used.

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[0043]FIG. 1 shows a micro-evaporator 1 having (from top to bottom) a heating plate 2 with holes 3 to receive heating elements 4, a cover plate 5, a micro-evaporator plate 10 and a baseplate 6. The cover plate 5 lies on the micro-evaporator plate 10 that has the micro-structured micro-evaporator channels in a trapezoidal area 15 as explained in detail with reference to the subsequent Figures.

[0044]The micro-evaporator plate 10 where the liquid is evaporated is connected to a feed line 30 for the liquid to be evaporated and a discharge line 31 to remove the vapor. The micro-evaporator plate 10 is in a groove-like recess 8 of the base plate 6. Overall, this yields a cuboid micro-evaporator with outer dimensions less than 50 mm that is expandable with additional micro-evaporator plates 10 and inserted intermediate plates 7 as explained with reference to FIGS. 9a and 9b.

[0045]FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the front side 11 of the micro-evaporator plate 10 shown in FIG. 1, said plate cons...

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Abstract

A micro-evaporator is disclosed which is easy to manipulate and can be operated problem-free over a large temperature range. The micro-evaporator has micro-evaporator channels in a trapezoidal region, comprising an inlet region opening in the liquid feed chamber with a small diameter, and an outlet region opening into the vapor collecting chamber with a large diameter.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The invention relates to a micro-evaporator according to the preamble of claim 1[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]Micro-evaporators are used to evaporate liquid media such as water, alcohols or alcohol / water mixtures, liquid gases or liquid alkanes for further processing. Such micro-evaporators are for example used in the fields of fuel cell engineering.[0005]Different designs of evaporators are known. So-called plate heat exchangers consist of corrugated steel plates provided with channels for transferring the liquid like filter presses. Resistant rubber seals hold the plates at a distance from each other and seal the channels of the two fluids from each other. Due to the rubber seals, the plate heat exchangers are restricted to a maximum temperature of 250° C. The two fluids flow in a concurrent or a countercurrent flow as thin layers alternating up or down through a series of chambers and contact each other on...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F28F3/14F28F7/00
CPCB01B1/005B01J19/0093F28D9/0037F28F3/048B01B1/06B01J2219/0081B01J2219/00822B01J2219/00835B01J2219/0086B01J2219/00873F28D2021/0064F28D2021/0071F28F2260/02H01M8/0612Y02E60/50
Inventor KOLB, GUNTHERTIEMANN, DAVID
Owner IMM INST FUR MIKROTECHNIK GMBH
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